The Nurse arrives to tell him that Juliet wants to see him before he leaves.

The Friar unsuccessfully tries to comfort Romeo, who is devastated at being banished. She asks the Nurse to bring Romeo to her. When the Nurse reports that Romeo has killed Tybalt, Juliet grieves for him, but is also distraught at Romeo’s banishment. To get revenge for the dead Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt and then flees. Angry with Romeo for putting up with Tybalt’s insults, Mercutio challenges Tybalt himself and is fatally wounded. When they meet, Romeo refuses to fight him. Friar Lawrence warns Romeo about the danger of his sudden love for Juliet, but agrees to marry the lovers in secret.Īct 3 Tybalt comes looking for Romeo, determined to get revenge. When the Nurse finally returns to an impatient Juliet, she passes on Romeo’s instructions. Juliet’s nurse arrives and Romeo asks her to tell Juliet to meet him that afternoon, when the Friar will marry them.

Benvolio tells Mercutio that Romeo has been sent a challenge to a duel by Tybalt, a dangerous fighter. When Romeo tells him about Juliet, he agrees to marry them because it might help to heal the bitterness between the feuding families. They express their love for one another and Juliet asks Romeo to send a message the next day telling her when and where they can be married. Hiding inside the Capulet’s garden, Romeo sees Juliet at a window and hears her declare her love for him. Romeo meets Juliet and they fall in love, but both are later dismayed to learn that they are from rival families.Īct 2 Leaving the party, Romeo hides from his friends and refuses to come when Mercutio calls him.

Tybalt is angry that Romeo has gate-crashed the ball and threatens revenge. Mercutio says that the dream was only caused by Queen Mab, who comes to people in their sleep and gives them strange fantasies. Romeo is worried about going to the Capulet ball because of a troubling dream. Lady Capulet tells Juliet of Paris’s request to marry her and Juliet agrees to consider Paris as a possible husband. Learning that Rosaline, the girl Romeo loves, is to be a guest at the Capulet ball, Benvolio suggests that they gate-crash it. Capulet agrees to allow Paris to woo his daughter, Juliet. Romeo reveals to Benvolio that he is in love, but that the girl is rejecting him. Romeo has been unhappy, and his parents, Lord and Lady Montegue, discuss this with Benvolio. The prince threatens the death if the families disturb the streets in this way ever again. Act 1 Benvolio tries to stop a fight between Capulet and Montague servants, but is attacked by Tybalt.

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